Neil

Monaco, Depor and Samp all down this year. Wolfsburg close as well.

"are" ffs.

How many fouls did Valencia commit before he got booked? He had a particularly abysmal game. And he was supposedly one of the main weapons they had.

He'll get them a top 6 finish.

err because Man Utd tried to play attacking football (with two strikers) which worked perfectly for Barcelona. The diving and cheating to get opponent sent off is Barcelona's Plan B, they only use it when they can't get past a flooded midfield. Right oh. Yup laugh all you want, the facts speak for themselves. Against Madrid, barring the 5-0 when Madrid did try to foolishly go all out attack, Barcelona has only beaten Madrid when they got a player sent off and the goals came after the sending off. I didn't deny that. I'm laughing at your belief that the reason for Barcelona winning a tough game is that they automatically resort to "diving and cheating to get an opponent sent off".

Faded a bit in the second half of the season, not sure how much that's down to fitness. To be honest, the frightening thing is Barca have been in second gear for a lot of the past 2 or so months. And then in the final they turned it on.

err because Man Utd tried to play attacking football (with two strikers) which worked perfectly for Barcelona. The diving and cheating to get opponent sent off is Barcelona's Plan B, they only use it when they can't get past a flooded midfield. Right oh.

I see Barcelona fans unfurled a banner reading "19 times" last night, in recognition of the amount of passes Man Utd completed.

My betting rule Nr. 1: Only bet if you can afford to lose. Of course it's a lot of money. Far too much money to put on Man Utd against Barca if you think back. But it has happened and next season will be there soon. Oh yeah. I don't think I'd ever bet that sort of money without it being profit I've made but still, you're remarkably calm about it. But aye you've seemingly had a top season!

I love how cool David is about it. I'd be in pieces if I'd just lost, what's that, £220? But no, he's just like, "Yeah, well, I guess it was an inconvenience."

Thanks to the Skybet and PP offers, I only lost a quid. VICTORY! But I need to grow some balls. Why the fuck didn't I just stick a decent wedge on Barca in 90. 21/20 man, argh!

They had the NERVE to SARCASTICALLY clap the LOSERS off the pitch. Nasty foreigners. What a moment like, giving the trophy to Abidal. Pure class.

Hopefully some Man Utd fans were firmly put in their place. Many I've spoken to - most of them actually, surprisingly, know plenty about their football - were somewhat ignorant of how good Barca were. All the usual made-up weaknesses were given: They're not good in the air Their defence isn't very good, because if a side scores loads of goals, they HAVE to be poor defensively They're a bunch of nasty divers - didn't see an awful lot of that last night, infact I more saw a rather gracious side showing great respect for their opponents, going as far as to give them a guard of honour I wonder if Messi can deliver on the big stage And all the weaknesses were quickly thrown out the window. Man Utd, one of the greatest sides in football history, were taught a footballing lesson by a team which are fast becoming THE greatest side in football history in terms of how to play the game. They're not invincible, but as long as this side stays together then I'm sure as hell going to enjoy it. An absolute joy to watch.

So, yeah. Barca bent them over. Again.

FUCKING BRING IT ON!

Why the fuck did I say that? Christ I'm having a slow day. Anyway, aye, recklessly bet it all Neil.

Stick the other £62 on a Man Utd or draw score of your choice. Either you break even, or win a whole lot more. Edit: ....please don't do that. I'm an idiot.

It's all a bit... meh, isn't it? I look at our chances of doing anything next season and the most we can realistically hope for is catching Spurs, and I'd hardly call that likely. Bit depressing when there's a pretty clear limit to what you can do.

Does still seem a bit liberal of them, £100 limit or not. If loads of people do what Chris has done, they're going to take a fair hit, all of their own making.

Fair enough mate, effort has paid off there.

WOuld that be a song about using Eggy Bread in a masterbation ritual? All suggestions welcome.

Is this the long-awaited follow-up to 'Turning Japanese'?

Tbh if I did it I'd only put on 3 or 4 likely scores (for Man Utd/draw) - 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2. Can't see it being goalless.

Surely it was only really worth going up to 3-3 for the draw and about a 3 goal Man Utd win?

Is it seriously as easy as that? No catch? Edit: draw and you're snookered. Edit 2: just properly read your post. OK... snookered if it's, what, 4-4?